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Cruises has land tours to the Great Wall near Beijing or to Macau from Hong Kong, while Crystal Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises offer tours from Singapore to Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Sample: A nine-night cruise from Hong Kong to Singapore with Silversea starts at £2,750 cruise-only for departures on November 22. The price includes drinks and gratuities.
silversea.com
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CARIBBEAN CRUISE AND BARBADOS BEACH BREAK This is the classic cruise-
and-stay holiday – a couple of weeks cruising the Caribbean from Barbados followed by a few nights in a resort hotel. There is plenty to do on the island, which reigns supreme as the Brits’ favourite Caribbean hideaway, from admiring stalactites and stalagmites in Harrison’s Cave to pirate party cruises and swimming with turtles. But in truth, this is fly- and-flop destination par excellence with white-sand beaches and calm seas (on the Caribbean side,
at least) that inspire a much- needed do-nothing culture after a fortnight of island-hopping. Sample: P&O Cruises offers a 14-night Caribbean cruise on Britannia from £1,549, including flights and transfers, for departures on November 21.
pocruises.com
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ANTIPODES CRUISE PLUS AUSTRALIA LAND TOUR Australia is so big that
there are any number of land- based experiences for customers to add to a cruise, from a few nights in Sydney and Melbourne to a tour to Uluru. Clients can cruise the Great Barrier Reef or Murray River (check out Captain Cook Cruises and Coral Princess Cruises), or take a three-day rail journey between Adelaide and Darwin via Alice Springs on the Ghan train. A new three-night rail service this summer will provide passengers with more time in Alice Springs and the option to visit Uluru. Sample: Princess Cruises has a 20-night Ultimate Australia cruise tour combining Sydney, Uluru,
Darwin and Port Douglas with a 13-night New Zealand voyage round-trip from Sydney, from £4,296 excluding flights, departing December 1.
princess.com
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MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE AND DUBROVNIK
Cruise passengers usually
see Dubrovnik only when it is full of tourists. But if your customers stay the night, the city becomes a different beast, as they can enjoy the cobbled streets and alleys without the crowds. Tack a few nights here to the end of a cruise and your clients can tick off the city’s attractions, such as walking the city walls and a boat trip to the nature reserve on nearby Lokrum island. There are also interesting tours farther afield, including a day-trip to the Unesco World Heritage-listed city of Mostar in Bosnia Herzegovina, white-water rafting on the Tara River or a day in Kotor, both in Montenegro. Sample: Thomson Cruises offers a seven-night round-trip Croatian Classics cruise from Dubrovnik
twined with seven nights at the city’s Hilton Imperial Hotel from £1,449 departing May 14, including flights from Gatwick.
thomson.co.uk
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CARIBBEAN CRUISE WITH TEXAS RANCH There are two good
reasons for suggesting clients take a Caribbean cruise from Galveston or Houston. One is that the flights are cheaper than to Miami, the other is all the out-of-the-ordinary ‘stay’ options in Texas. A few days in San Antonio, for instance, could take in the Alamo, Mission San Jose and Riverwalk, a pedestrian area full of cafes, hotels and gardens. Alternatively, a tour of the Lone Star State could include Austin, Dallas, San Antonio and the Nasa space centre in Houston. Clients can even discover their inner cowboy with a week on a working ranch. Sample: Carnival Cruise Lines offers a seven-day Western Caribbean cruise from Galveston from £419 cruise-only, departing May 24.
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